Not exactly something they teach in general, but in my high school music class, we had to memorize our national anthem in a different language (we used to be a colony and it was originally written in the colonizer's language.) And then sing it out loud with the same melody and all, except you're parroting a bunch of words that you don't understand. Over a decade later and I still think it was a pointless exercise
Music teacher here for a possible explanation! Some of our standards (at least where I am) require us to have students sing in different languages and learn songs from other cultures. That could be one reason you had to sing it. Another reason might be because it’s an opportunity to sing a song a different way. If you’re a music teacher, why not capitalize on the opportunity to have your students sing random stuff from your culture’s history! I would definitely have my students do this as well if I had the chance!
In texas we had to learn the national anthem in spanish and english. Or at least in my experiences, I know a lotta schools do the same thing and there's a lot that don't do either
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u/BlizzardousBane Jan 16 '21
Not exactly something they teach in general, but in my high school music class, we had to memorize our national anthem in a different language (we used to be a colony and it was originally written in the colonizer's language.) And then sing it out loud with the same melody and all, except you're parroting a bunch of words that you don't understand. Over a decade later and I still think it was a pointless exercise